Issues on Education and Research: Volume 3

Edited by Gregory T. Papanikos

ISBN: 978-960-9549-33-2, 644 pages

First published in 2013 by ATINER

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Electronic copy: 30€

Table of Contents

Introduction Gregory T. Papanikos		i
Part I: Technology and Information
1.	Achieving Interdisciplinary Learning in Doctoral Study in Nanomedicine Mary H. Shann	3
2.	Academic Librarianship Issues in Developed and Underdeveloped Countries Carlos Gabriel Wong-Martínez	17
3.	The Effects of e-learning in teaching a Course Unit Maria de Fátima Goulão	31
4.	Innovation in E-Reader: Sharing Note-taking on Social Networking Service Yun-Ting Su and Shelley Shwu-Ching Young	43
5.	Integrating the Four-Frame Webcomics with Hyperlinks and Social Networking Site as Motivations of Learning about Chinese Lunar Festivals Wei-Chen Hong and Shelley Shwu-Ching Young	51
6.	How ICTs are changing the way we live Maria de Fátima Goulão	61
7.	Muta – Morphosis Murat Germen	73
8.	The Most Effective Means of Reaching Students who Require Help Nicole Racette, Louise Sauvé, David Moisan and Normand Bourgault	87
9.	Health Education as a Leading Factor in Adult Health Competence Building Inara Upmale	101
10.	Readily Available Technology Integration in an Early Childhood Education Preservice Curriculum: Issues and Strategie Howard P. Parette, Jr.	111
11.	The Effectiveness of the Computer-Assisted Teaching Method on Students’ Achievement in Science Education Ezgi Güven, Elvan İnce Aka, Pınar Fettahlıoğlu, Ayşe Sert Çıbık, Alev Doğan and Mustafa Aydoğdu	129
Part II: Education and the Market Place
12.	Correlation between Company Feedback and Self-Reflections on Professional Competences for Science and Engineering Interns Esther Vinken and Jetse C. Reijenga	139
13.	Pre Business 101 “Professors, L’oréal and Students Unite Through the Kallystee Game*” Daniel Tixier	149
14.	The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility in Education Elena Bundaleska and Makedonka Dimitrova	163
Part III: Teaching and Teachers: Early, Primary and Secondary
15.	Sexuality Education in the University Setting: Necessity or Luxury? Sara B. Oswalt and Tammy J. Wyatt	177
16.	The Challenge of Motivating Engineering Students Daniela M. Campos and Ana C. Queiroz	191
17.	The Confrontation of Experienced Teachers' with some Challenges of M.Ed. Studies in Environmental Education Yehudith Weinberger and Amos Dreyfus	199
18.	Scaffolding the Continuing Professional Development of Science Teachers’ Classroom Practice Emmanuel Mushayikwa	215
19.	Solving Problems on a Blackboard as a Traditional Social Norm in Slovenian Mathematics Classrooms Alenka Lipovec and Darja Antolin	231
20.	Group Assessment; A Study on the Impact of Students’ within Group Attitudes Mona Shekarriz and Alireza Mousavi	245
21.	Assessing reading in a Period of Change: Early Years Teachers’ Views Angeliki Kostopoulou and David Wray	259
22.	Differentiating Instruction Based on Individual Differences in Primary School Science Classrooms Pinar Özdemir	277
23.	The Effects of Poster Applications in Science Education in the Unit “The Solar System and Beyond: The Puzzle of the Space” on Students’ Academic Achievement Esra Benli and Alev Dogan	289
24.	6 Year Old Pre-School Children’s Perception of “Past” Rengin Zembat, Burcu Özdemir Beceren, Tuba Şengül and F. Özge Ünsal	299
25.	Examining Elementary Second Grade Students' Level of Knowledge about Air Pollution Ayşe Sert Çibik, Elvan İnce Aka, Pınar Fettahlioğlu, Ezgi Güven, Alev Doğan, Erdinç Öcal	311
26.	Assessment of Breakfast Habits of Elemantary School Students and their Participation Levels in Classroom Leyla Özgen and Yücel Gelişli	323
27.	The Effects on Teacher Candidate's Point of Views Related to Teaching Profession after Practice of School Experience Course-I Yücel Gelişli	339
28.	Actively Engaging ALL Students in Learning Christine Bond	359
29.	Examining Teachers’ Beliefs and Implementation of Comprehension Strategies in a Balanced Literacy Framework Gary E. Bingham and John E. Kesner	365
Part IV: Teaching and Teachers: Higher Education
30.	Criticisms of Higher Education during the Cromwellian Period in Britain Marek Smoluk	389
31.	Assessing Preschool Children’s Attitudes towards Animals Ilkay Ulutas and Serap Demiriz	401
32.	An Analysis of the Effects of Pre-School Educational Settings on Six-Year–Old Children’s Social Adaptations Filiz Erbay, Gözde İnal and Esra Ömeroğlu	409
33.	The Effects of Active Methodologies on the High Schools Student's Pro-Social Behaviour: Teachers' Views Alessia Carta and Carla Podda	421
34.	Preschool Teachers about Introducing Special Educational Principles of Reggio Emilia Concept in Slovene Curriculum for Preschool Education Tatjana Devjak, Sanja Berčnik and Srečko Devjak	437
35.	The Study of Pre-School Teachers’ Practices for Preparation for Literacy Adalet Kandir, Özgün Uyanik, Münevver Can-Yaşar and Gözde Inal	451
36.	Young People and Risk: Perceptions and Possibilities Steve Dixon, Madeline Martyn, Dave Trotman and Stan Tucker	463
37.	Evaluating of Information Literacy Skills of Prospective Primary Teachers with Respect to some Variables Mustafa Kahyaoglu, M. İkbal Yetişir and Firat G. Birel	479
38.	Training Motivation in Academia: Antecedents of Participating Voluntarily in Professional Development Alexandra Nikitopoulos and Silke Weisweiler	495
Part V: Special Essays
39.	An International Exploration: The Influence of National Culture on the Identity of Catholic School Leaders and Their Creation of a Catholic School Community Culture Merylann J. Schuttloffel	515
40.	Capacity Building for School Improvement: Knowledge Production and Utilization Patricia Stringer	529
41.	What does Chemistry have to do with Art? Monika Kuchnowski	549
42.	Curricular Commonalities in Conflicted Countries: U.S., Rwanda, and Cyprus Nancy Strow Sheley	561
43.	Academic Writing and Learning in an Era of Singularity Yitzhak Ezuz	571
44.	Is Euclidean Geometry Still Relevant? The Case of a Quaternionic Algorithm Michael Aristidou	585
45.	Effect of Repeated Reading Technique on Reading Comprehension Skills Emine Seda Gün	597
46.	The Relationship between Dietary Iron Consumption and School Achievement Saime Küçükkömürler, Suzan Şeren Karakuş and Orhan Yavuz	613
47.	Identifying the Qualities of the Administrations Giving Service on Catering and Banquet, the Educational Background of the Staff and the Necessities of Vocational Education in the Sector Saime Küçükkömürler, Mehmet Güllü and Bülent Topal	621
48.	Lexical Semantics and Deverbal Nominalizations in Sesotho Pule Alexis Phindane	631